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Crock Pot Pizza

This is how to make a crock pot pizza! It is so much fun and actually turns out really good. Great slow cooker dinner idea that your kids can help you with. Load it up with the toppings you love and let it cook without turning your oven on during the summertime.

I really wasn’t quite sure how this crock pot pizza was going to turn out, but I thought I would give it a whirl and I was shocked at how well it turned out! I heard people cooking it this way before but I was a bit skeptical thinking that a pizza being cooked in my slow cooker would actually work….but it did. lol. Here is how you cook a pizza in the crock pot so you can give it a whirl too! It’s one of our favorite crockpot recipes. (originally published 1/16)

I know….it sounds crazy, and kinda’ like “why would you do that”, but I love anything that can be cooked in the crockpot because it saves me tons of time. Even if I am home I would rather slap the ingredients to pizza in my slow cooker and let it do it’s thing while I am working or cleaning (unlikely)…much better things to do with my time! I made Instant Pot pizza which was fun too and this Instant Pot pizza pasta that was a hit in our house for dinner as well!

Why would you bother cooking a pizza in your crockpot you may ask, well we live in an area where it reaches over 100 degrees during the summer often and there is NO way I am turning on my oven during those months. It is then that I exclusively use my slow cooker and Instant Pot to cook anything and that is when this comes in handy, it’s fun for the kids to make it themselves this way too.

How to make Crock pot pizza and what you’ll need to get started

Crockpot – 6 qt works

Refrigerated pizza dough – or you could make your own

Spaghetti sauce

Pepperoni

Cheese

Any other pizza toppings you want

I recommend non stick cooking spray too

So get out a tube of refrigerated pizza dough, un roll it and put it into the bottom of your crockpot AFTER you spray the heck out of it with non stick spray. 😉

Then just fold the sides over so it makes an oval and you’ll have a thicker crust.

Add you sauce, cheese, and toppings.

Put the lid on and cook on low for 1.5 hours – 1 hr. 45 minutes.

I checked it after 1 hr. and 20 minutes and kept checking every 10 min. after for my first time.

Take the lid off and cook for about 10-15 more minutes so steam doesn’t build up and it can brown slightly (won’t get as brown as it would in the oven).

Crock Pot Pizza

This is how to make a crock pot pizza! It is so much fun and actually turns out really good. Great slow cooker dinner idea that your kids can help you with. Load it up with the toppings you love and let it cook without turning your oven on during the summertime.

Course Entree, Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword crockpot, pizza, slow cooker

Prep Time 10minutes

Cook Time 1hour30minutes

Total Time 1hour40minutes

Servings 5

Calories 395kcal

Author The Typical Mom

Ingredients

1tuberefrigerated pizza dough

1.5cspaghetti sauce

2cmozzarella cheese

10pepperoniand any other pizza toppings you want

Instructions

Spray the inside of your crockpot with non stick spray, spray it well!

Unroll your refrigerated pizza dough and put it on the bottom stretching it so it covers the bottom but doesn't have any holes. Roll the sides down so they create a thicker crust around the edges and hold filling in.

Add sauce, cheese and toppings.

Cover your slow cooker and set to low for 1.5 hrs. or until outside dough is cooked and cheese is melted.

Take lid off, turn off, and allow to cool a bit so it stays in one piece before attempting to slide it out of the crockpot and cutting it.

Video

Nutrition Facts

Crock Pot Pizza

Amount Per Serving (6 oz)

Calories 395Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 14g22%

Saturated Fat 7g35%

Cholesterol 39mg13%

Sodium 1985mg83%

Potassium 720mg21%

Total Carbohydrates 49g16%

Dietary Fiber 4g16%

Sugars 13g

Protein 19g38%

Vitamin A23.7%

Vitamin C17.3%

Calcium25.3%

Iron24.7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

It totally worked! To get it out I took the inside of the crockpot out, held it on it’s side (with a pot holder) and used a spatula to get under one end and slide it out…..why you need the non stick spray. Here’s a run down.

Or easier yet just let it cool with the lid off for about 20 minutes and lift it out with a spatula like you see here. It was really good. I used my larger crockpot here (affilitate link) and it fed 3/4 of us with a side of salad.